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noun

Backboard n.

A board which supports the back when one is sitting; specifically, The board athwart the after part of a boat.

A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.

A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.

A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddles into the interior of the wheel.

A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

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Etymology of 'Backboard'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Backboard" Quotes from Famous Books

... Tim Jones had been dutifully holding the satchel, which he now deposited at Ethelyn's feet, and then, at James' invitation, he sprang into the hinder part of the wagon-box, and sitting down, let his long limbs dangle over the backboard, while James sat partly in Richard's lap and partly in Ethelyn's. It had been decided that the democrat must come down again for the baggage; and so, three on a seat, with Tim Jones holding on behind, Ethelyn was driven through the town, while face after face looked at her from the windows ...

— Ethelyn's Mistake • Mary Jane Holmes

... and lashed the luggage to the buckboard, handling the ropes with the skill of an old sailor. The entire Rodney family and the suitors of Eudora assembled to witness the departure. "It's a heap friendly of you to fret so," was the parting stab of Sarah Yellett to Sally Rodney; and she swung the backboard about, cleared the cactus stumps in the Rodney door-yard, ...

— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning

... for an ox-bow was dug out of a log of wood. Oftener a plank of wood was cut into the desired shape as a frame or mould, and fastened to a heavy backboard. The ox-bow was steamed, placed in the bow-mould, pinned ...

— Home Life in Colonial Days • Alice Morse Earle